Kingston, Jamaica (McKoy’s Information) – Rigidity excessive, bullets fly!
Member of Parliament for Central Kingston, Donovan Williams, is asking for calm and urging Jamaica Labour Occasion (JLP) supporters to indicate restraint following a daunting gun assault on Tuesday night time.
Experiences are that Williams and a bunch of JLP campaigners got here below fireplace on the busy intersection of Tower Avenue and South Camp Highway — proper within the coronary heart of the risky Southside neighborhood.
Eyewitnesses say gunmen rolled up in a automobile and all of the sudden opened fireplace within the course of the MP and his group. Fast-thinking supporters and members of the marketing campaign crew scattered and took cowl because the gunshots rang out. Fortunately, nobody was injured within the assault, however the would-be assassins made good their escape, dashing off into the night time.
In a press release following the incident, a defiant MP Williams had this to say:
“We is not going to be intimidated. Nevertheless, I wish to enchantment to our supporters to be calm and to train restraint. The Police are conscious of the event and are actively investigating.”
The taking pictures comes simply days after elevated political exercise within the constituency, as Williams ramps up his marketing campaign in a bid for re-election. He famously wrestled the seat from the long-dominant Folks’s Nationwide Occasion in 2020 and has since been working to retain his maintain on the historically tense stronghold.
Central Kingston, no stranger to political violence, has lengthy been a hotspot — with reminiscences of the Inexperienced Bay and Gold Avenue massacres nonetheless recent within the minds of older residents. Although current years have seen extra peaceable political engagement, Tuesday night time’s incident has sparked fears of a harmful throwback to darker days.
Police have launched a full investigation into the taking pictures.
